Over the last 50 years, the proportion of Americans living in poverty has remained virtually unchanged. In 2023, 11 percent ...

How much does an American family of four need to earn to avoid poverty? According to the Census Bureau, $32,130. But what if ...

A popular blogger says the real poverty line for a family of four is around $140,000. There has been pushback.

More older Americans were living in poverty in 2024, new data on income, poverty, and health insurance released by the Census Bureau shows. According to the supplemental poverty measure, which takes ...

In his State of the Union address in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson famously called for “an unconditional war on poverty.” Since then, according to the Census Bureau, the proportion of Americans with ...

Matthew Desmond is a Princeton University professor and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Pulitzer Prize, a PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, and a National Book Critics Circle award. His ...

McDowell County residents say it’s up to them to forge a brighter future after decades of federal projects haven’t eased ...

A Nepalese immigrant in his early 40s described the stress and uncertainty he felt during college about how to afford rent, food and tuition despite having a scholarship. A man of Hmong origin in his ...

If anyone alive today merits Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil rights mantle, it’s the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. Cornel West, the theologian and independent presidential candidate, calls Barber the ...

However, Trump leaves out that his opponent, President Joe Biden, saw both of those record lows surpassed on his watch. As President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump vie for Black voters’ ...